Wizarding Week in Review – March 16, 2017

2nd installment of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Reportedly Starts Shooting in August

A film production note was found earlier this week that shows that “Fantastic Beasts 2,” untitled as of now, will begin shooting in August of 2017. The film, like both its predecessor and the Harry Potter series, will be filmed at Leavesden Studios. Additionally, Fantastic Beasts 2 will be filmed on location somewhere in Paris, France, where this installment is to take place. Although the first Fantastic Beasts was set in New York, the film was never shot in the United States, so this is an exciting development!

Fantastic Beasts Released in Digital HD

On March 7th, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them was released as a digital download ! Many of us fans who hadn’t made it to see the movie in theaters are now see the eagerly anticipated Fantastic Beasts movie three weeks before the Blu-ray and DVD copies become available, which are still available for preorder. The Blu-ray and DVD copies, releasing on March 28th, have a lot of exciting bonus content to look forward to like character and creature highlights, set tours with J.K. Rowling and the two Davids, and ELEVEN deleted scenes!

Revised Fantastic Beasts Hogwarts Library Edition Released

Prefer print to screen? An updated version of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them was also released on March 14th. The books includes a new foreword by Newt Scamander himself along with 6 new Fantastic Beasts descriptions! Like the previous editions, the proceeds from the updated version of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them will benefit the charity Comic Relief. Proceeds this time around will also go to J.K. Rowling’s own charity, Lumos.

Emma Watson Answers the Question We All Want to Know

In an interview she was doing for her promotion of Beauty and the Beast, Emma Watson was asked if she’d ever consider playing Hermione Granger again. This question has risen a lot lately, as there has been rumors that Warner Bros. has been trying to secure the rights to a Cursed Child film.